The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography in unanticipated difficult endotracheal intubation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 752-754

  Kanaya, Noriaki ^a   Kawana, Shin ^a   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^a   Niiyama, Yukitoshi ^a   Niiya, Tomohisa ^a   Nakayama, Masayasu ^a   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033856183     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200009000-00048     Document Type: Article

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